resolvent
Americanadjective
noun
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something resolvent.
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Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.
adjective
noun
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something that resolves; solvent
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a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation
Etymology
Origin of resolvent
1670–80; < Latin resolvent- (stem of resolvēns ), present participle of resolvere to resolve; see -ent
Example Sentences
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The juice is employed for the coughs of childhood and externally as a resolvent for enlarged cervical glands.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The wife and the big family out at Cospicua, which is near Valletta, seemed to be a powerful resolvent of sentimental ideas.
From Command by McFee, William
The leaves when applied externally are highly resolvent for tumours, bruises, and gouty swellings.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Ichthyol when rubbed undiluted on the normal skin does not set up dermatitis, yet it is a resolvent, and in a high degree a soother of pain and itching.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
Observing him in these moods, I often dwelt meditatively upon the old philosophy of the Bi-Part Soul, and amused myself with the fancy of a double Dupin—the creative and the resolvent.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
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